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Head (Pentelic marble) of the philosopher Epicurus. Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE copy after a lost Greek original of the early 3rd cent. BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

“Το πιο φρικτό, λοιπόν, από τα κακά, ο θάνατος, είναι ένα τίποτα για μας, ακριβώς επειδή όταν υπάρχουμε εμείς αυτός είναι ανύπαρκτος, κι όταν έρχεται αυτός δεν υπάρχουμε εμείς. Ο θάνατος λοιπόν δεν έχει να κάνει ούτε με τους ζωντανούς ούτε με τους πεθαμένους, αφού για τους ζωντανούς δεν υπάρχει, ενώ οι τελευταίοι δεν υπάρχουν πια.”

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Marble head of Epikouros

Roman, Imperial period, 2nd century A.D. Copy of a Greek statue of the 1st half of the 3rd century B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

Born on the island of Samos in 341 B.C., Epikouros spent most of his life in Athens, where he founded the Kepos (Garden), one of the most influential philosophical schools of the Hellenistic age, and where he lived until his death in 271 B.C. Epikouros must have been honoured by a portrait statue made late in his lifetime or soon after his death. The esteem in which his teachings were held is shown by the numerous Roman copies, including a bust and a herm still bearing the inscriptions identifying him, that produce the same original. From other copies, we know that the original statue, which was probably first set up in the Kepos to honor Epikouros, represented him seated calmly and classically composed on an elaborate chair.